hackensack police say 22-year-old robert leonardes opened fire on three of their patrol officers, barelyone of them. police returned fire, hitting leonardes a total of 14 times. now charged with three counts of attempted murder, leonardes is still recovering in a local hospital, but his presence is felt in other ways. >> y'all heard about this? he should have killed the cop. i hate when [ bleep ] shoot at a cop and don't kill them. you're going to get the same amount of time as if you [ bleep ] miss them. hackensack is a peaceful, quiet town. you can't -- the last time we had a shooting in hackensack was 12 years ago. >> the shooting in hackensack was very unusual. very rarely have we had anybody come in here, if ever, for shooting at a cop anyway. i mean, i hate that they shoot regular people, but now they're shooting at cops. their status is greater than what it would have been if they just shot one of their homeys on the street. >> two other connections say they will trade their current status for freedom in a heartbeat. one of them, sean stark, has just run into an old friend here. >